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Cloudy Nights
I'm with ausastronomer. I, too, own both, and enjoy them both greatly. More often than not mushy views are due to a mushy telescope or mushy collimation! I will pitch that the Naglers may be a bit less good high power planetary scope because of all their optical elements, but wow that is a subtle call when one is at the eyepiece without the luxury of several comparable mag EPs to make quick comparisons....
I would also point out that internet forums -Cloudy Nights and IIS included - have a small minority of incidiary posters who account for the vast majority of the confrontational posts (those we read and say, why did he say that, does he realize how he comes off? geesh?). But we shouldn't generalize about a forum, a country or any group of people based on the actions of a few. Every punchbowl has a few turds. Folks with unreasonable opinions written with poor etiquette. The more populated forums - like CN - will make that a more common problem with that forum, despite the noble efforts of the moderators.
And....another forum poster said something regarding such discussions that I still laugh about, because it is so true. He said, "When I first got into astronomy in 1953, I thought it was a science. But as the years have passed, I've come to realize it's a religion."
Regards, and here's looking to new moon....
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